Location:
Iraq
Coordinates:
36.3590, 43.1530
Events at Nineveh (9)
763 BC
ID: 4635
June 15, 763 BC
Solar eclipse at Nineveh - recorded in Assyrian eponym lists, used to date ancient Near Eastern chronology
ID: 4635
705 BC
ID: 3620
Sennacherib becomes king - moves capital to Nineveh, builds 'Palace without Rival'
ID: 3620
681 BC
ID: 4640
Sennacherib assassinated by his sons in temple of Nisroch - Esarhaddon takes throne
ID: 4640
671 BC
ID: 3621
Esarhaddon conquers Egypt - Assyrian Empire reaches maximum extent
ID: 3621
668 BC
ID: 3622
Ashurbanipal becomes king - creates world's first library at Nineveh with 30,000 tablets
ID: 3622
627 BC
ID: 4645
Death of Ashurbanipal - succession crisis weakens empire as multiple claimants fight for throne
ID: 4645
612 BC
ID: 3670
Babylon and Medes destroy Nineveh - end of Assyrian Empire, Babylon inherits southern territories
ID: 3670
612 BC
ID: 3623
August 612 BC
Fall of Nineveh - Medes and Babylonians destroy Assyrian capital, empire collapses
ID: 3623
627
ID: 4691
Battle of Nineveh - Heraclius defeats Persians decisively, Khosrow II overthrown
ID: 4691